as in to pierce
to make a hole or series of holes in
he perforated the sheet with his pencil and put it in his binder
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Recent Examples of perforate
Millie's bowels then perforated before she was born, causing her stomach to swell.
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Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
13 June 2026
The blade perforated Metcalf's right ventricle, and he was pronounced dead after being transported to an area hospital.
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Tristan Maglunog,
ABC News,
11 June 2026
The recto portrays, in exactingly realistic detail, a locked and beat-up steel rolldown gate, as only the Lower East Side knows them, perforated with 15 black holes begging to be poked through.
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Lori Waxman,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2026
The knife perforated the bone at the center of his chest, the sac that surrounds his heart, and penetrated the right ventricle of his heart.
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Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 June 2026
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Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
13 June 2026
The blade perforated Metcalf's right ventricle, and he was pronounced dead after being transported to an area hospital.
—
Tristan Maglunog,
ABC News,
11 June 2026
The recto portrays, in exactingly realistic detail, a locked and beat-up steel rolldown gate, as only the Lower East Side knows them, perforated with 15 black holes begging to be poked through.
—
Lori Waxman,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2026
The knife perforated the bone at the center of his chest, the sac that surrounds his heart, and penetrated the right ventricle of his heart.
—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for perforate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perforate
Verb
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The celebration opened with piercing fifes and thundering drums from the Young Patriots Fife & Drum Corps from Pleasanton, as a nod to America's quincentennial.
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Another means of circumventing the protection of the real property company is through veil piercing using an alter ego theory.
Verb
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Moments later the ball bounced to Lamine Yamal, who drilled a shot that was blocked.
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Although the video does include a rig that involves drilling a mast beam (or thwart) into the canoe’s upper hull edge ( or gunwales), there is also a route that instead uses clamps.
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With group play coming to a close and the Round of 32 approaching, the competition is heating up as teams look to punch their tickets to the knockout round in hopes of hoisting the FIFA World Cup Trophy at the final on Sunday, July 19.
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That punched El Tri's ticket straight to the Round of 16 and kept the host nation's tournament dream alive for at least one more match.
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“Perforate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perforate. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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